Viola × wittrockiana (Pansy) grown in gardens today are mainly hybrids, resulting from the crossing of the species Viola tricolor with other species of the genus Viola. Currently there are a large number of cultivars, with flowers of many colors that form a large number of patterns, usually combining three colors, but also two-color, one or four colors combinations.

In places with a mild climate it is very easy to grow, and they are suitable for pots and borders, alone or in groups. It is a perfect plant to introduce young children in the gardening passion.

Sunlight

Watering

Soil

Plant pansies in a fertile soil, rich in organic matter, well drained and moderately acidic, with a soil pH between 5.5 and 6. Plant in rows or groups with a spacing of 15cm to 30cm between plants.

Flowering season

It usually blooms in the fall and spring. It can maintain flowering in winter if the region has a mild winter. Flowering usually ceases in the hot summer months.

Cultivation cycle

Grown almost always as an annual and biennial, under proper cultivation conditions it can be a perennial plant.

Propagation

Propagation is very easy from seed, which should be sown superficially in the soil. Can be covered only with a thin layer of sieved soil. Germination usually takes one to four weeks. If sown in containers, transplant the seedlings when they have 6 to 8 real leaves.

Can also be propagated by dividing well-developed plants, although the plants obtained are rarely as vigorous as plants grown from seed.